01413cam a2200313 a 4500 77793 20230410130652.0 070921s2008 nyua b 001 0 eng 2007039231 (OCoLC)ocn173368383 DLC DLC BAKER BTCTA YDXCP C#P CDX IXA VVC 9780230604490 0230604498 (OCoLC)173368383 PN 2245 S769g 2008 791.09 GRAL Springhall, John. The genesis of mass culture : show business live in America, 1840 to 1940 / John Springhall. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. ix, 242 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-226) and index. The American museum: Barnum's great leap forward -- The freak show business: "step right up, folks" -- Blackface Minstrelsy: the first all-American show -- The Americanized circus: Barnum and Bailey In excelsis -- Buffalo Bill's wild west: American culture crosses the Atlantic -- Vaudeville I: rise and decline of an emergent mass culture -- Vaudeville II: cultural exchange, departure, and transmutation. Performing arts United States History 19th century. Performing arts United States History 20th century. lcc bk C0 DRFGD nc 78194 78194 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2023-04-10 1 0 PN 2245 S769g 2008 00000070685 2018-10-25 00:00:00 1 2018-10-25 bk